Head-rest for sleeping-cars



(No Model.)

J. KIRBY, Jr.

HEAD REST FOR SLEEPING (JARS. No. 391,748. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFIcE.

JOHN KIRBY, JR., OF DAYTON, OHIO.

HEAD-REST FOR SLEEPING CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,748, dated October 23, 18 88.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KIRBY, J r., of Dayton, county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Rests for Sleeping-Gar Seats; and I do hereby delare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of head rests which are movable and which may be made to form wall-pockets against the partitions between the seats or berth-sections when they are made up as beds at night; and it consists in a device for attaching the head-rest to the ends of the seats in such a manner that it may be raised and sustained in an inclined position with its upholstered side out when used as a pocket, and held secure in position against the partition when resting on the seat-back and in use for day travel, as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metallic plate forming one of the parts for securing the head-rest in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a metallic plate forming a guide and support for the head-rest. Fig. 3 represents a portion of the head-rest with the plate shown in Fig. 1 attached. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation showing the partition between the seats, the upper end of the seat back and end, the

head-rest in position as a wall-pocket, and in dotted lines as a head-rest. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the partition between the seats and the upper part of a seat end, with guide and support-plate in position and the head-rest and back removed.

A represents the head-board, used to form a partition between the upper berths when they are made up; 13, the partition between the seatbacks, upon which the head-board is supported; 0, the seat end; D, the upholstered seat-back; and E, the movable head-rest, all of which are constructed in the usual manner.

F is a metallic plate, preferably made in the form shown and secured to each end of the upholstered head-rest, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3, and having a projecting wedge-shaped lug, G, which operates in slot I of a metallic guide-plate, H, one of which is secured to each end of the seat.

' It will be seen from the foregoing that when the head-rest is in its normal position as such, as seen by dotted lines in Fig. 4, lug G will rest and wedge itself in the pocket J, and thus the head-rest is held back against the parti tion B.

When desired as a wall-pocket, the head-rest is raised and lug G dropped into the pocket K, as shown in Fig. 4.. To replace the headrest, it is only necessary to draw it forward and upward till lug G clears pocket K; then allow it to drop into position. By this arrangement the upholstered side of the head-rest is always exposed to the passenger.

I am aware that movable head-rests have been made prior to my invention, and do not,

2. A sleeping car seat whose ends extendabove the seat-back, having an independent head-rest, in combination with guide-plate, as H, having slot, as I, and pocket, as K, and plate, as F, provided with lug, as G, the whole to operate substantially as shown and described.

JOHN KIRBY, J R.

\Vitn esses G. W. HARTSELL, E. B. LEI-IMAN. 

